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Professor Roger Kamm, left, and PhD candidate Ioannis Zervantonakis

Professor Roger Kamm visualizes sneaky tumor cells with 3-D assay

Kamm is studying the mechanics of metastasis, the process of cancer-cell migration from one location in the body to another and the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths.

December 26, 2012

Sallie 'Penny' Chisholm, left, and Robert Langer, right.

Chisholm, Langer awarded nation’s highest honors for scientists and inventors

Two MIT professors are awarded the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

December 22, 2012

MIT biologists have found that alternative splicing of messenger RNA accounts for much of the differences seen between species.

Evolution: It’s all in how you splice it

MIT biologists find that alternative splicing of RNA rewires signaling in different tissues and may often contribute to species differences.

December 20, 2012

The buzz in the room was infectious at the 'Telling Your Story Workshop' held at the International Design Center in Building N52.

Inspiring the next generation

Telling Your Story workshop connects scientist and engineers with teachers and in the process helps to demystify STEM and excite the next generation of learners.

December 19, 2012

Researchers at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania successfully grew blood vessels within liver tissue grown in the lab. The red circle is a cross-section of the vessel, and endothelial cells (red) sprout from the surface of the tube.

Tissue engineering: Growing new organs, and more

Research could lead to better ways to heal injuries and develop new drugs.

December 14, 2012

Roman Stocker

In Profile: Roman Stocker finds big effects from tiny organisms

From microbes in the ocean to cats in the kitchen, MIT researcher uncovers surprising phenomena where biology meets fluid mechanics.

December 13, 2012

Three from MIT named Marine Microbiology Initiative investigators

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards given to pursue high-risk research in marine microbial ecology.

December 4, 2012

Arfa Aijazi has taken full advantage of MIT's opportunities, conducting research in England, Tanzania and Brazil.

Building a better world

From fuel cells to bamboo, and from Tanzania to Brazil, MIT senior Arfa Aijazi crosses borders and disciplines to make an impact.

December 4, 2012

Five from MIT named AAAS fellows

Recognized by their peers for their efforts to advance science or its applications.

December 3, 2012

MIT engineers have devised a way to stack neurons to form three-dimensional brain tissue.

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues

New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring.

November 30, 2012

Still image from a computer simulation showing how a string of shapes can fold itself up into an arbitrary shape.

The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife

Reconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.

November 30, 2012

This diagram of the molecular structure of one of the artificially produced versions of spider silk depicts one that turned out to form strong, well-linked fibers. A different structure, made using a variation of the same methods, was not able to form into the long fibers needed to make it useful. Musical compositions based on the two structures helped to show how they differed.

The music of the silks

Researchers synthesize a new kind of silk fiber — and find that music can help fine-tune the material’s properties.

November 28, 2012

Saraceno's current installation 'On Space Time Foam' at the HangarBiccoca in Milan, Italy.

All that is solid melts into air: Tomás Saraceno visits MIT

CAST visiting artist creates inflatable and airborne biospheres: speculative models for alternate ways of living.

November 26, 2012

Fernando Garibay, an executive with Interscope Records and long-time Lady Gaga collaborator, speaks about innovation and the music industry during an event hosted by do.it@MIT, a student group dedicated to innovation.

When it comes to fostering innovation, student group says 'Do it!'

Lady Gaga collaborator and Interscope executive highlights do.it@MIT’s wide-ranging approach.

November 19, 2012

When the new shear thinning hydrogel (top) is heated to body temperature, polymer chains join together to form a reinforcing network that improves the gel’s stability (bottom).

New injectable gels toughen up after entering the body

These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering.

November 16, 2012